Chapter 21- Run Ins With Luthors
"Come on!" Hannah urged. She had Clark and Lex by the hand and was dragging them to the barn. "See I dwaw you a pictuwe."
"Whoa," Lex said as they entered the barn. The walls were covered in chalk scribbles.
"Hannah, did you do this?" Clark asked in a disapproving tone.
"Yes, I did," Hannah answered proudly.
"That's bad, Han. Very bad. We only draw on paper," Clark reprimanded.
"But I dwew it fow you," Hannah said, her lower lip trembling.
"You know better than that," Clark said sternly.
Hannah began to wail as Chloe walked in. "Aunt Chwoe," Hannah yelled, running to Chloe and wrapping her small arms around Chloe's legs.
"Make her cry, too, Lex?" Chloe asked, only half-serious.
"No," Lex answered without hesitation. "I only like to make you cry."
"True, true," Chloe agreed, sitting and pulling Hannah onto her lap. "What happened, sweetie?"
"Cwark doesn't like my pictuwes," Hannah said, looking up at Chloe with tear filled, bright blue eyes.
"Are you supposed to draw on the walls?" Chloe asked gently.
Hannah shook her head.
"Will you draw on the walls ever again?"
Again Hannah shook her head.
"Now go give your big brother a hug and go see Mommy," Chloe said.
"Thank you," Clark said to Chloe.
Chloe waved him off.
"How are you?" Lex asked.
"Don't pretend like you care," Chloe said standing up and brushing off the seat of her pants.
Lex shrugged. "See you later, Clark."
"Bye, Lex," Clark replied.
Chloe sighed as Lex left. "I'm sorry, I don't mean for it to come out so rude. It's the damn hormones. I'll leave."
"No!" Clark almost shouted. "Stay. Did you need something?"
"Uh, Lana needed to order more of your mom's pies, and I needed to get out of the house, so I came to drop off the order," Chloe explained.
"Mom's inside," Clark said, leading the way. "Mom, Chloe needs you."
"Hi, Chloe! What can I do for you?" Martha asked, smiling sweetly.
"Lana needs a dozen more of your organic apple pies," Chloe relayed.
"Sounds good. Tell her she can pick them up in three days," Martha said.
"Thank you, Mrs. Kent," Chloe said before turning to Clark. "I'm going to go now."
"Do you have to?" Clark asked.
"Yes. I have to," Chloe said wearily.
"Alright," Clark said nodding. "Can I call you tomorrow?"
Chloe seemed to think for a moment. "Yeah."
Clark brightened. "Okay. Bye, Chloe."
"Bye, Clark," Chloe replied.
"Come on!" Hannah urged. She had Clark and Lex by the hand and was dragging them to the barn. "See I dwaw you a pictuwe."
"Whoa," Lex said as they entered the barn. The walls were covered in chalk scribbles.
"Hannah, did you do this?" Clark asked in a disapproving tone.
"Yes, I did," Hannah answered proudly.
"That's bad, Han. Very bad. We only draw on paper," Clark reprimanded.
"But I dwew it fow you," Hannah said, her lower lip trembling.
"You know better than that," Clark said sternly.
Hannah began to wail as Chloe walked in. "Aunt Chwoe," Hannah yelled, running to Chloe and wrapping her small arms around Chloe's legs.
"Make her cry, too, Lex?" Chloe asked, only half-serious.
"No," Lex answered without hesitation. "I only like to make you cry."
"True, true," Chloe agreed, sitting and pulling Hannah onto her lap. "What happened, sweetie?"
"Cwark doesn't like my pictuwes," Hannah said, looking up at Chloe with tear filled, bright blue eyes.
"Are you supposed to draw on the walls?" Chloe asked gently.
Hannah shook her head.
"Will you draw on the walls ever again?"
Again Hannah shook her head.
"Now go give your big brother a hug and go see Mommy," Chloe said.
"Thank you," Clark said to Chloe.
Chloe waved him off.
"How are you?" Lex asked.
"Don't pretend like you care," Chloe said standing up and brushing off the seat of her pants.
Lex shrugged. "See you later, Clark."
"Bye, Lex," Clark replied.
Chloe sighed as Lex left. "I'm sorry, I don't mean for it to come out so rude. It's the damn hormones. I'll leave."
"No!" Clark almost shouted. "Stay. Did you need something?"
"Uh, Lana needed to order more of your mom's pies, and I needed to get out of the house, so I came to drop off the order," Chloe explained.
"Mom's inside," Clark said, leading the way. "Mom, Chloe needs you."
"Hi, Chloe! What can I do for you?" Martha asked, smiling sweetly.
"Lana needs a dozen more of your organic apple pies," Chloe relayed.
"Sounds good. Tell her she can pick them up in three days," Martha said.
"Thank you, Mrs. Kent," Chloe said before turning to Clark. "I'm going to go now."
"Do you have to?" Clark asked.
"Yes. I have to," Chloe said wearily.
"Alright," Clark said nodding. "Can I call you tomorrow?"
Chloe seemed to think for a moment. "Yeah."
Clark brightened. "Okay. Bye, Chloe."
"Bye, Clark," Chloe replied.